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France’s top-selling newspaper to slash jobs

The new plan will include 116 job cuts in the newsroom, sources told AFP on Sept 23

Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, there’s worry about damaging the publishing industry

Publishers argue that the tech companies violated copyright law by scraping millions of their stories off the internet and other databases, and using the text, without approval or pay, to train advanced AI systems.

Forum: NLB’s digitisation of newspaper archives provides a precious link to the past

Fed’s Warsh heeds own advice with record short press conference

Kevin Warsh stuck to his commitment not to foreshadow the Fed’s future actions on Sept 16, instead focusing on this week’s meeting and how Fed officials currently see the economy.

Latvia bans books from Russia, Belarus over ‘war propaganda’

A "No-drone" sign is attached on a fence as soldiers patrol in the area of Piedruja area, on the sidelines of the visit of Latvia's President, who will inspect the border between Latvia and Belarus, on August 17, 2026 in Piedruja, Latvia. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP)

Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement

The suit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped the newspapers’ websites and incorporated articles into datasets used to train and operate products.

US government backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case

The lawsuit, first filed in 2023, ‌accuses ⁠OpenAI and its largest financial backer, Microsoft, of using millions of newspaper articles without permission to train OpenAI’s popular chatbot.

Australia passes law to levy tech giants that fail to pay for local news

They will need to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news on their platforms.

Wall Street Journal publisher News Corp beats revenue estimates on real estate, Dow Jones strength

Dow Jones’ revenue grew 7 per cent during the quarter, while digital real estate services revenue rose 19 per cent.

New York Times’ slower subscriber growth in busy news cycle sparks share sell-off

Publishers are operating in a crowded market, where big tech firms and artificial intelligence platforms impact search and referral traffic, while trust in news is shrinking.

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